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Before the Goldwater-Nichols reform, each branch of the military too often carried out its operations with little heed to what its counterparts were doing, a situation that seriously hampered effective prosecution of the Vietnam War.
FORBES: Fact and Comment
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These interventions are stopping smoking, promoting single pregnancies in IVF treatments, reducing planned Caesarean sections - which are often carried out before due dates - unless there is a medical reason by 80%, providing progesterone supplements to women with high-risk pregnancies and cervical stitches for women with a "weak" cervix that could mean a baby does not go to term.
BBC: 'Too little known' on early birth
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As in Madrid, these attacks will often be carried out by individuals who have only a passing contact with the al-Qaeda organisation, even if they claim to be members of it.
ECONOMIST: Chasing al-Qaeda